public funding for private/religious schools is a tricky subject.
In general many religious schools get funding from the Church (if Catholic and they are rich) as well as from parents in the form of tuition PLUS annual fundraising galas. This also leads to better pay for staff. Things public schools certainly go without. Private schools, at least in my area, charge almost a college tuition and still fundraise.
Why should they get taxpayer funds if the exclusively restrict who can go there and have numerous sources of money to tap into?
On the other side they often meet state requirements for education and perhaps they request funding for special programs that all public schools participate in and want to be on the same footing since their kids are often meeting or exceeding state requirements.
It is a tough call but I think a State is valid in denying any public funds to private or religious schools across the board. HOWEVER... and here is the problem, if they allow public funds to private schools then excluding religious schools becomes difficult to support since you already crossed the hard and fast line between public and private. That is where states get into trouble.
Im guessing you’re in a civilized part of the country but start thinking Deep South and isolated Midwest, where “churches” are the power base of entire communities, towns and even counties. It has been a goal of many of these “churches” to get the public education funding.
Many people are looking at this from a Muslim, Catholic, Jewish school type of thing but you have to take a closer look at the people funding the suits. This is more coming from corporate churches seeking a power grab than Rabbis and Priests trying to keep the doors open.
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